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ID number: BIRBI-B1486 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Justin II; Sophia; Antioch Denomination: Follis Place made: Antioch Culture: Byzantine Date made: 572-573 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.95 Weight (g): 11.05 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 3157. B.A. Seaby, 1957. |
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Description: Obverse: Justin and Sophia, nimbate, seated on a lyre-backed double throne facing; Sophia wearing trefoil ornament, holding a sceptre in l.hand; Justin wearing a trefoil ornament, holding a sceptre in r. hand; globus cruciger positioned in between them, Sophia holding it with her r. hand, and Justin with his l. hand. Reverse: M with cross above.
Inscriptions: Obverse: … Ч AτM (garbled inscription). Reverse: ANNO ϚII (Year 8). Mint mark: τHЄЧPo. Officina: Γ (3).
Bibliography: MIB II 57a
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